Saturday, November 10, 2012

Disneyland 2012!!

For our 36th wedding anniversary which we celebrated in August, we decided to treat ourselves to a trip to Disneyland!  So we waited until the summer crowds were gone and went the 1st week of November and had an absolutely marvelous time.  We took tons of pictures and will highlight a few here.
We did first what most tourists do - get our picture taken in front of the castle!
First ride was Thunder Mountain railroad - we could have ridden it over and over again the line was so short - but we limited ourselves to twice.
Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer island
Walt and Mickey(can you find Scott?)
Went on Matterhorn 3 times

Any difference from 1977??
 
These birds had one spoken line:  Mine, mine mine!
Mouse ears everywhere:)
Pixar Parade at California Adventure
We came upon an impromtu act by Mickey and some "newsies" singing great songs
At Downtown Disney we found a wonderful lego store and a store featuring older clothing, like this sweatshirt each of our children used to have!
For FHE we met Marcie's brother Jim and his wife Marietta and their 3 girls Heather, Lindsey, and Holly with her husband Steven at the Rain Forrest at Downtown Disney for dinner - what a delightful time we had together.  Sorry Joel and his family couldn't make it.
Marcie and the famous horses along Main Street
 Couldn't miss the show at the Tiki Room
While Marcie doesn't particularly enjoy getting wet she was very supportive of Scott doing so, both at Splash Mountain at Disneyland and the Grizzly River Run at CA Adventure
Lunch at the Carnation Cafe - we met the most tenured employee at Disneyland: Oscar Martinez, he started working at Disneyland the year after it opened in 1955.
Love this view of Matterhorn from the Peter Pan clocktower
 Each day at CA Adventure we paid a visit to Radiator Springs - home of Cars Land!  A delightful place!
It looks exactly like it does in the film
(notice the Hollywood Tower hotel in the background - home of the Tower of Terror which we enjoyed twice during our stay!!)
Tons of great memories - we think we'll do it again:)